Eighteen sermons preached in Oxford 1640 of conversion, unto God. Of redemption, & justification,…

Now to make this appear: Observe that in every Sacrament there are two acts of the Minister. The one hath Relation to God, a Commemoration of the Sacrifice, in which respects the ancient Fathers called it a Sacrifice: the other, the breaking of the Bread, and pouring out of the Wine: wherein there is a Commemoration of the body broken, and the blood shed, not as they are concomitants, the Wine in the bread, as the foolish Papists dream, for that were rather a commemoration of his life then of his death, when the blood runs in the veins. The commemoration of Christs death is made by separation of the blood from the body, and as there is one Act of the Minister in consecrating by breaking the body, and pouring out the blood, so there is a second Act which is ministerial. When the Minister saith, Take, eat, This is my body; as if Christ were present, and said, Come, Take my body, thou hast as free an interest to it, as when thou art invited to thy friends table thou hast right to the meat before thee. So that as Christ is offered for thee, so he is offered to thee: And what now should hinder thee, unless thou art one that will obstinately oppose thy own salvation, and say, I will not have this man to rule over me, thou canst not miscarry. But if thou wilt be thine own lord, perish in thine infidelity. Here be the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven given unto Gods Ministers, unless thou wilfully oppose thine own salvation, and shut that door of salvation which Christ hath opened so wide for thee. See the ways of God are plain. ⟨p. 358⟩Christ hath paid a great price for thee, and then, as great as it is, he offers it to thee.

Now to make this appear: Observe that in every Sacrament there are two acts of the Minister. The one hath Relation to God, a Commemoration of the Sacrifice, in which respects the ancient Fathers called it a Sacrifice: the other, the breaking of the Bread, and pouring out of the Wine: wherein there is a Commemoration of the body broken, and the blood shed, not as they are concomitants, the Wine in the bread, as the foolish Papists dream, for that were rather a commemoration of his life then of his death, when the blood runs in the veins. The commemoration of Christs death is made by separation of the blood from the body, and as there is one Act of the Minister in cons•crating by breaking the body, and pouring out the blood, so there is a second Act which is ministerial. When the Minister saith, Take, eat, This is my body; as if Christ were present, and said, Come, Take my body, thou hast as free an interest to it, as when thou art invited to thy friends table thou hast right to the meat before thee. So that as Christ is offered for thee, so he is offered to thee: And what now should hinder thee, unless thou art one that will obstinately oppose thy own salvation, and say, I will not have this man to rule over me, thou canst not miscarry. But if thou wilt be thine own lord, perish in thine infidelity. Here be the keyes of the Kingdom of Heaven given unto Gods Ministers, unless thou wilfully oppose thine own salvation, and shut that door of salvation which Christ hath opened so wide for thee. See the ways of God are plain.